In giving his support for human cloning, Gurdon did admit that there were still some problems with the cloning technique:

Major improvements in cloning methods would have to be made before they could be applied to humans, because the vast majority of cloned animal embryos today are deformed.

Indeed. In fact, there would need to be many thousands of human cloned embryos created and destroyed for such improvements, using the cloned humans for experiments. Gurdon sees the replacement of a deceased human child as one application of human cloning, essentially viewing children as mere commodities. While he does admit there would be a host of ethical problems, Gurdon thinks “people would soon overcome their concerns if the technique became medically useful.”